Student Life

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Mia Mackenzie, a Master of Social Work student, earned top honours in Dal’s Glovin Award for an essay urging people to resist division by showing up and staying accountable to community.  Read more.

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Farrah Smith
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Psychology student and varsity basketball player Melina Collins is this year's recipient of the Dr. Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award, recognized for her work bringing athletes and young learners together through a literacy mentorship program.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
As exams and deadlines converge, the Killam and other campus libraries become places of problem‑solving, empathy, and practical help, highlighting how support services carry students through critical academic moments.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Jeff Lawton
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
º£½ÇÉçÇøapp’s revised Code of Student Conduct includes straightforward and student-centred language; a section outlining students’ rights, responsibilities and expectations; an updated list of violations; and a clear and transparent complaint process.
Stefanie Wilson
Friday, September 3, 2021
New-to-Dal and returning but new-to-campus students can choose from self-directed and group activities with online and on-campus options to help with the transition to campus life.
Dawn Morrison
Monday, August 30, 2021
When students, faculty and staff return to the Dal campus in the coming days, it’ll be hard to miss a large, new addition to the Carleton Quad — a large, wedding-style tent open to anyone in the Dal Health and Med communities that serves as an innovative, temporary solution to reduced gathering spaces.
Stephen Abbott
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Kamylle Frenette, who is entering her fourth year in Dal’s pharmacy program, competes on Team Canada in the triathlon this Sunday in Tokyo, propelled by years of success on the world competitive circuit.
Natasha Breward
Friday, August 20, 2021
A group of º£½ÇÉçÇøapp students who joined together last year in an innovation sandbox program have won an award for a device they designed as part of a national design competition centred around accessibility.